Environdotyky

<< Background >>The applicant has extensive experience with the application of 3D consoles in the educational process. He has long focused on supporting environmental education for young people. In his work, he pays special attention to students with visual and hearing impairments. In the Environdotyky project, he used his experience with the application of 3D consoles, which he adapted in terms of content and technology so that even students with special educational needs could perceive the urgent needs of society and express an active attitude towards environmental protection. He took into account the fact that it is difficult to use the usual methods of environmental education in schools with a group of students with sensory impairments. At the same time, in full cooperation with teachers and special educators, he respected the requirements of the state educational program for secondary school students. This approach made it possible to identify the needs of individual groups of students with disabilities, which were addressed in individual subjects as well as in interdisciplinary relationships. The aim of this project was also to provide 3D teaching aids, which had not previously been available in such quality in the educational process.<< Objectives >>The aim of the project was to create new innovative educational aids andsubsequently use them effectively in the educational process in the field of special education , with the potential to be universal aids, i.e. used at alllevels of education. The application of our 3D teaching aids in the educational process for disabled students has achieved a new quantitative and qualitative effect, strengthening student participation in the educational process and increasing their cognitive abilities and creativity.<< Implementation >>We carried out the following activities as part of the project:Activity 1: Ways of making the topic of environmental protection accessibleto visually and hearing impaired studentsin the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic – project partner meetings(online)Activity 2: Creation of 3D console models for the topics: 1. sustainabledevelopment and 2. water managementActivity 3: Sustainable development and water management/workshop in Bratislava4th activity: Creation of 3D console models for the topics: 3. wastemanagement and 4. renewable energy sources5th activity: Waste management and renewable energy sources/workshop in Prague/6th activity: Activities for dissemination and sustainability of the project,presentation of the project to the general public<< Results >>Specific project outputs:- creation of a 3D console with an audiovisual module (Activity 2)- creation of 3D models within 4 environmental themes (Activities 2 and 4)- 2 workshops on environmental topics within the project:Bratislava (May 21-23, 2025; first 2 topics: sustainable development and water management) and Prague (September 30-October 3, 2025; second two topics: waste management and renewable energy sources). The workshops were accompanied by accompanying events: Bratislava (visit to the Waterworks Museum) and Prague (visit to Dino Park and the Malešice Incinerator/Prague). It can be said that the teaching aids created are suitable not only for teaching environmental topics in all grades of secondary schools, but also for pupils with mild mental disabilities in special primary schools. Teachers can use these aids to explain and make new material accessible to several pupils with special educational needs at once, thus saving time. The aids enable the linking of knowledge from several subjects, an interdisciplinary approach, and subsequently facilitate block teaching and the implementation of project-based teaching. They have proven particularly useful in the motivational and expository parts of the educational proces